So, for the people who are complaining that the demo doesn't seem realistic,
have a read from those who know..
Tim
I always take real race drivers reviews with a grain of salt. Most are
so *** limited, they just don't know what is good or not. Now many of
the younger guns in Nascar seem to be computer literate and they probably
can not only compare the sim to real racing, but understand a quality sim
from shite. I've seen drivers who can cooly flick a car around a course
with wild abandon then look like a Deer caught in the beam of headlights
when facing a computer sim.
I'm not knocking racing knowledge...just their computer comfort zone.
dave henrie
I don't recognize the names of Karsten Borchers or Diego Sartori, but
it's nice to have feedback from real racers on a sim.
> It's a two way street. I wish that many of the "sim" racers would
On second thought, maybe I'm completely off base. I thought the guys
who wrote the article were "racers", but on rereading the article I
think I'm wrong.
I agree Dave, quoting unnamed drivers about the quality of a sim needs
to be taken with a grain of salt.
Why would you wish that?
Achim
>> from shite. I've seen drivers who can cooly flick a car around a course
>> with wild abandon then look like a Deer caught in the beam of headlights
>> when facing a computer sim.
>It's a two way street. I wish that many of the "sim" racers would
>realize that just because they're fast on a sim, doesn't mean they'll be
>fast in a car.
F1 is too much G-force driven (pun unintended), so is a bit far off to
the feel of everyday driving. Still, having people drive sims helps
with their real-life driving. But it's a slightly different thing when
it comes to racing; their more senses are being used so talent in that
direction helps... (in other words, beating Schumacher on F1C doesn't
mean you're going to do equally well in real life, since there things
get more subtle).
But for general driving, it's ok to learn stuff in sims, IMHO. (as
long as it's in sim mode)
Ruud van Gaal
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Diego's and my expierience is purely from simracing (many many years now),
alltough Diego has worked as a mechanic on the Panoz LMP900, and 2 litre
touringcars.
/ Karsten Borchers
> > from shite. I've seen drivers who can cooly flick a car around a course
> > with wild abandon then look like a Deer caught in the beam of headlights
> > when facing a computer sim.
> It's a two way street. I wish that many of the "sim" racers would
> realize that just because they're fast on a sim, doesn't mean they'll be
> fast in a car. Nor does it mean that they understand how a F1 car
> drives and feels because they've spent a few hours behind the wheel of
F1C.
> I don't recognize the names of Karsten Borchers or Diego Sartori, but
> it's nice to have feedback from real racers on a sim.
> I agree Dave, quoting unnamed drivers about the quality of a sim needs
> to be taken with a grain of salt.
/ Karsten Borchers
Why not? Will it violate some contract?
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> > I agree Dave, quoting unnamed drivers about the quality of a sim needs
> > to be taken with a grain of salt.
> We cant mention his name, but trust me, he is real and a very very skilled
> racedriver, who has driven a lot of different racecars/series ;).
> / Karsten Borchers
<rolls eyes> Yeah, I'm going to believe this.
> <rolls eyes> Yeah, I'm going to believe this.
> > Why is this so unbelievable? Im no pro driver and I had a similar
> > impression of the demo.
> > <rolls eyes> Yeah, I'm going to believe this.
Even if we mentioned his name, it still wouldnt prove that we arent lying.
Oh well, believe what you want.
/ Borchers
> > > Why is this so unbelievable? Im no pro driver and I had a similar
> > > impression of the demo.
> > > <rolls eyes> Yeah, I'm going to believe this.
> Now why would we make up something like that?
> Why is it hard to believe that someone has a professional racedriver as a
> close friend. They have friends too you know ;).
> Even if we mentioned his name, it still wouldnt prove that we arent lying.
> Oh well, believe what you want.
> / Borchers
But anytime I see the "This product is great, I and/or my friend, a pro in
x professions, says so. But I'm sorry, I can't tell you who that is " ,
gets the respect it deserves.
pffft. Either put your name on it, or don't bother mentioning it.
pez
> > > I'm talking about the unnamed source bs, not the demo quality.
> > > > Why is this so unbelievable? Im no pro driver and I had a similar
> > > > impression of the demo.
> > > > <rolls eyes> Yeah, I'm going to believe this.
> > Now why would we make up something like that?
> > Why is it hard to believe that someone has a professional racedriver as
a
> > close friend. They have friends too you know ;).
> > Even if we mentioned his name, it still wouldnt prove that we arent
lying.
> > Oh well, believe what you want.
> > / Borchers
> Never said anything about drivers/friends, where you got that, who
knows.
> But anytime I see the "This product is great, I and/or my friend, a pro
in
> x professions, says so. But I'm sorry, I can't tell you who that is " ,
> gets the respect it deserves.
> pffft. Either put your name on it, or don't bother mentioning it.
